FOI reveals Bexley libraries missing 27,000 books for up to seven years

A comic book fan has been enjoying a book on crime fighting superhero Batman for more than seven years.

Batman: The Animated Series Guide was issued by community services in May 2006, making it the most overdue book in Bexley.

In the same year, My Little Shimmery Glittery Playtime Book was taken out of Sidcup Library, Hadlow Road, Monster Mania was issued and someone borrowed Going Swimming and Spot Goes to the Farm from Thamesmead Library, in Binsey Walk.

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